The Indian Premier League (IPL) may have plunged into a crisis with players in Kolkata Knight Riders testing positive for COVID-19. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed that Monday’s (May 3) game between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore has now been postponed after KKR’s Varun Chakravarthy and Sandeep Warrier tested positive for COVID-19.

The match will be rescheduled some time later during the tournament, which is scheduled to conclude on May 30.

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“Varun Chakaravarthy and Sandeep Warrier were found to be positive in the third round of testing in the last four days. All other team members have tested negative for COVID -19. Both the players have isolated themselves from the rest of the squad. The Medical Team is in continuous touch with the duo and are monitoring their health. Meanwhile, the Kolkata Knight Riders have now moved towards a daily testing routine to identify any other possible cases and treat them at the earliest.,” the official IPL release stated.

Of the two, Warrier has not yet made the playing XI in any of the seven matches KKR have played.